Thread: Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres

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    From:    Bruce Momjian <maillist @ candle.pha.pa.us> on 05/04/99
12:39 PM
    To:    Chris Bitmead <chris.bitmead @ bigfoot.com>@SMTP@EXCHANGE
    cc:    pgsql-general @ postgreSQL.org@SMTP@EXCHANGE
    Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run
postgres

    > Bruce Momjian wrote:
    >
    > > There is.  Linux/*BSD use only a big kernel lock, or
    > > several big kernel locks.
    >
    > I think you're talking silly. BSD has one big lock, but my count
there
    > are around 60 locks in Linux 2.2. Solaris has thousands of locks.
    >
    >

    OK, *BSD has one, Linux has 60, and Solaris has thousands.  This was
my
    point.

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